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Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? {cf15i or} canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? |
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Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? |
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They bow themselves, they bring forth their young, they cast out their sorrows. |
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Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up in the open field; they go forth, and return not again, |
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Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? |
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Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place. |
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He scorneth the tumult of the city, neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver. |
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The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. |
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Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? or will he abide by thy crib? |
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Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? |
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Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave to him thy labour? |
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Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather {cf15i the corn of} thy threshingfloor? |
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The wing of the ostrich rejoiceth, {cf15i but} are her pinions and feathers kindly? |
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For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, |
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And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may trample them. |
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She is hardened against her young ones, as if they were not hers: though her labour be in vain, {cf15i she is} without fear; |
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Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. |
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What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. |
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Hast thou given the horse {cf15i his} might? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane? |
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Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? the glory of his snorting is terrible. |
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He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth out to meet the armed men. |
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He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; neither turneth he back from the sword. |
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The quiver rattleth against him, the flashing spear and the javelin. |
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He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet. |
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As oft as the trumpet {cf15i soundeth} he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. |
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Doth the hawk soar by thy wisdom, {cf15i and} stretch her wings toward the south? |
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Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? |
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She dwelleth on the rock, and hath her lodging {cf15i there}, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong hold. |
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From thence she spieth out the prey; her eyes behold it afar off. |
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Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. |
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